DEATH, I AIN’T AFRAID OF YOU

DEATH, I AIN’T AFRAID OF YOU


Death, I ain’t afraid of you.
Come, let us play some game;
Bungee jumping or, rather,
Skydiving be its name

Be it cancer, heart attack,
Maybe diabetes.
Even with car racing crash,
I will be quite at ease.

I won’t mind dying as a
Young marine in Iraq,
Though on my grave there won’t be
Placed a victory plaque.

But, Death, don’t come to me in
A manner too facile.
When one day I die then I
Want to do so in style.


• Written in abcb, 7-6-7-6 format.

M C Gupta
25 November 2007